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No. 829,201. PATENTED AUG. 21, 1906. L. GODDU.

ENGINE OR. MOTOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAYZ4, 1902.

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ENGINE OR MOTOR.`

APPLICATION FILED MAY24. 1902.

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ENGINE on MOTOR.

Speciiication of Letters Patent.

.Patented Aug 21,1906.

i Application filed May 24, 1902. l Serial No. 108.871. I

.To aZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that l, LOUIS' GODDU, a citizen of the United States, residing in Winchester, in the county of Middlesex, State of Massaohusetts, have invented an improvement in Engines or Motors, of which the liiollowing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

rlhis invention relates to an engine or motor especially adapted to be employed to propel an automobile-vehicle; and has for its object to provide a simple, cheap, and highlyefficient engine or motor of novel construction which may be supported at yone end upon the driven shaft or axle and which may be rotatively connected at its other end to the vehicle-body, so as to form the front support for said body, and yet permit the shaft in the act of steering the vehicle. rl`he invention further has for itsobject to provide an engine or motor with Whichnaphtha, gasolene', or like fluid may be used with safety.

. Another featiire of the invention consists in anovel construction of driving mechanism and of a power and speed changing mechanism whereby the power of the engine and speed of the vehicle' may be regulated as desired, the driving mechanism permitting the engine or motor to be run while the vehicle is at rest. v

These and other features of this invention will be pointed outin the claims at`the endof this spcification.

Figure l1 is a side elevation of oneforin of automobile-vehicle embodying thisv invention; Fig. 2, a side elevation, 'on an enlarged scale, of the engne or motor shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3, a detail i` the vehicle shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a vertical section, on an enlargedscalc, ofthe engine or motor shown in Fig. 1, the section being taken on theline 4 4, Fig. 3; Figs. 5 and 6, sectional details to be referred to, Fig. 5 being taken on the line 5 5, Fig. 3, and Fig. 6 on the line 6'6, Fig. 4 ;l Fig. 7, a sectional detail, on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 7 7, Fig. 4; Fig. 8, a detail in section and elevation to be referred to, the section being taken on the line 8 8, Fig. 4; Fig. 9, a detail in side elevation with arts broken away; Fig. 10, a,

sectional detai .on the line 10 10, Fig. 4; and Fig. 11 a section, on an enlarged scale, taken plan of the front-portion ofv on the line 11 11, Fig. 4, looking toward the left. v

'Referring toV Fig. 4, a represents a cylinder in which is located a reciprocating piston, preferably made as herein shown and consisting of -two cylindrical heads or ends b ci the diameter of the cylinder and an intermediate portion c of reduced area in crosssection and practically formingfa piston-rod. The piston-rod c is provided with a substantially straight face vhaving rack-teeth d located inl substantially the longitudinal center of the piston and which 'are engaged by av toothed segment e, forming part of the driv ing mechanism for the shaft f, which latter may be the front axle of the vehicle. The cylinder a is provided at one end with a port having coperating with it a valve g f fora purpose as will be described, andat its opposite end the said cylinder is provided with an open port L.

The cylinder a in the present instance is secured to or forms part ofan enlarged vessel j, adaptedto contain water or other cooling medium and which will be hereinafterreerred to" as the water cylinder or ot, which is normally closed by a cover le), se-

- cured liquiditight yby screws i' or in any other suitable manner. v rlhe water-cylinder? com'-V municates, through suitable ports, with a water-jacket 200, surrounding the UPPGI portion of the cylinder a. l

The Water cylinder or pot j is rotatably atof the vehicle, and lor this purpose the said cylinder, asshown, is provided onits exterior with screw-threads o, which engage a threaded socket in the under side of the front portion m of the vehicle-body.

The Water cylinder or pot has extended through it a tube or pipe p, w ich communicates at its lower end with a chamber g,which may be designated a f mixing-chamber, and for the best results' said chamber contains a perforated tube?, iitted into the cylinder a and ormin a seat for the valve which latter is provided with a stem or ro s, extended through a bearing tube or sleeve t, which, as shown, iorms an integral part of the perforated-tube r and of the head w for the chamf` ber The valve g is normally held to its Seal' Y extension 12 of the head w and bearing at one end against the said head and at its o posite end against a head 13 on the valve-ro The 'tached to the front, ortion m of the body "It f a spiral spring 10, located in a hollow f IIO.

hollow extension 12 is closed by a cap or plug 14. The mixing-chambery is connected by a pipe 15 with the port h of the cylinder a.

llhe tube p communicates above the water pot or cylinder with a pipe or hollow casting 16, (see Fig. 5,) bolted or otherwise secured to the cover k and provided, as herein represented, witha vertical passage 17 and with a horizontal passage 18, between which .is interposed a valve 19, which is normally seated by a spring 20, located in the hollow stem 21 v of said valve and bearing against a cap 22 on the hollow extension of a nut 23. Thepassage 18 communicates at its end with the atmosphere, 4andintermediate said end and the valve 19 the said passage communicates with an oil-supply cylinder/24, preferably made as herein shown, and consisting of a hollow nut which engages a threaded opening in a boss of the horizontal pipe 18, the front end of the cylinder or nut 24 being reduced in diameter to leave between it and the boss 25 an oil 'chamber or space 26, which isAill-edwith gasolene, naphtha, or like oil from a supply-pipe 27, which'lea'ds to a suitable tank or other source of supply carried by the vehicle and not hereinv shown, The chamber 26 communicates With the cylinder 4or nut 25 through perforations in the walls of the latter.

ln order to supply a redetermined quantity of oil for each exp osive charge, l have provided a piston which reciprocates in the vcylinder or nut 24 and which may and pref- .erably will be made as herein shown, it con- The piston-rod 28 is rendered liquid-tight by means of suitable packing 300, which prevents the oil in the cylinder being admitted into the air-passage'18 except such as is carried into the passage 18 in the pocketsV or cavities 29.

The oil dislodged from the piston 28 by the air is preferably projected against an obstruction in the passage '18, which obstruction is shown as a perforated plate or division-walll 31 and which acts to shatter theoil and gasify the same. The quantity of air admitted into the passage 18 may be regulated b a suitable damper or device, which may e made as herein shown and which consists of a curved plate or arm 32, extended into the passa e 18 and attachedto a slide or plate 33, a justably secured to the outside of th f pipe, as by a screw 34.

' The piston 28, with its `pocket-s 29, constitutes an oil-carrier and may be operated, as herein Shown, (see Figs. 2 and 10,) by a cani moves upward .or in the.

in a surrounding tube or pipe 40, extended through the water cylinder or pot j. The cam 340 is properly lshaped and timed so as to lmove the `oil-carrier into-'the air-passage 18 at or about the time the engine-piston b is beginning its upstroke in the direction indi- I cated by the arrow 30. 1 y

The shaft 36 has fast on it a second balance, or fly wheel 41, (see Figs. 4 and 10,) provided with a cam-groove 42, which operates an igniter, preferably of the construction herein shown and as will be described.

The balance-wheels 35 41 are connected by lating lever comprising the toothed segment e and arms 45, extended therefrom. (See Figs. 6 and 11.) By preference the link or rod 43 is connected to a pin 47, which extends loosely into holes in the balance-wheels 35 I41,'as represented in Fig. 10. y

The arms 45 have secured to them lstubshafts 48, (see Fig.6,) supported in suitable bearings in an inclosing-case 49, comprising two parts suitably boltedA or otherwise secured together. The arms 45 are also provided with 'longitudinal slots orguideways 50, extended from substantially their center to 'near the end opposite the toothed segment e, (see Fig. 4,) in which slots are adapted to slide suitable bearing-blocks 51 for a shaft or pin 52, joined by a link 53 to one end of an elbow-lever 5,4, pivoted,.as at 55, to the inclosing case 49"'and havingits shorter arm 56 provided with a toothed segment 57,

` which engages a toothed portion or rack 58 of a rod 59, provided with suitable screwthreads at its upper end which are engaged by the threaded hub -60 ofa bevel-gear 61, with which meshes 4a bevel-gear 62 on a shaft or rod 63. The gear 61, as'shown, turns on the coverv k and is secured against vertical movement by means of a clamping ring or collar 163, screwed or. otherwise fastened to the said cover. The pinor shaft 52,. mounted in the sliding 4blocks 51, has connected to it between 'the arms 45 of the oscillating lever a .link or connecting rod 64, (see Figs. 4 and 11,) which is connected at its lower end by a pin 65 to cranks or arms 66, (see Fig. 8,) loosely mounted on the driven shaftf, shown in the present instance as the front axle of the vehicle. The cranks or 4arms 66 have pivoted in them a pawl 67, which cooperates .with a ratchet-wheel 68 fast on the shaft f,

the said-paw] being held in engagement with the teeth of the ratchet-wheel by a spring 69. l The movement -of the connecting-rod 64 in a link or'rod 43 to lugs or'ears 44 on an oscil- IOO.

seater the direction indicated by the arrow 70 (see Fig. 4) causes the ratchet-Wheel 68 to be rol, tated the distance of a predetermined numof a holding-pawll 71, held in en agement vwith the teeth-of the ratchet-wheel y a suitable sprin 72. By means of the elbow-lever 54 the sli ing blocks 51,y to which the link 53 is pivotally connected, are capable of being moved toward and from the center of the oscillating lever 45 to vary the power of the engine applied to the driven shaft, and consequently vary the speed at which the vehicle is driven.

In operation a charge of naphtha or other light oil is conveyed by the oil-carrier 28 into the air-passage 18, Where it meets a current of incoming air which forces the oil out of the .cavities 29 in the carrier and against the obstructor or perforated plate 31.

The gas formed is drawn down through the passages 18 17 and vpipe p into the mixingchamber g, and the valve g being closed the mixture of air and gas is carried down through the pipe 15 into the lower part ofthe cylinder a by the movement of the piston b in t e direction indicated by the arrow 30- namely, on its up movement-the lower head of the engine-piston having in this case the functions of the piston of an air-pump.

The valve 19 (shown in Fig. 5) is automatically opened by the suction created by the piston b on' its up movement. When the piston b commences its downstroke, the valve 19 is closed and the mixture of gas and air in the lower portion of the cylinder a is forced back through the pipe 15 into the mixingchamber g and passes through the perforations in the mixing tube or cylinder r, being compressed therein until the piston b on its downstroke uncovers a series of exhaustports in opposite sides ofthe cylinder a, as

` i ing the screw-threaded portion of the Wagon- `body... The shaft fis substantially short and has mounted upon it the front Wheels 84,

represented in Fig. 7.

The exhaust-ports 75 communlcate with.l

the atmosphere through a muffler 76 of a special construction, as will be described. As soon as the piston l) has moved so as to partially uncover the exhaust-ports 75 the pressure of the gas in the Vmixing-chamber q forces l open the valve g and the mixture of gas and air rushes into the cylinder a above the piston, thereby driving out any foul gases which may remain from a previous explosion.

At or about the time the piston b has completed its downstroke the u per part ofthe cylinder a is iilled with a res explosive mixture of gas and air and the piston b commences its 'upstroke-namely, in the direction indicated bythe arrow 30.

- At the beginning of the upstroke the gasinlet valve g is closed 'and the valve 19 Yinthe passage 17 is opened, thereby permitting a mixture drives the piston l) down or in the direction indicated by the arrow. 80 and stores up in the mixing-chamber g a fresh charge of gas and air under pressure until the exhaust-ports 75 are uncovered by the piston, whereupon `the operation just described is repeated. rlhe laction of the igniter and of the oil-carrier is controlled, as previously described, by the cams in the balance-Wheels, which are so shaped and timed as to effect their respective functions in the proper sequence.

As previously described, the movement of the piston in .one direction-namely, its downward directioni-is communicated to the shaft f through the driving-mechanism, previously described, and a partial rotation of the said shaft is effected. 0n the reverse movement of the piston' the push-pawl 67 is carried back, so as to engage a new tooth of the ratchet-wheel ready to continue the movement of the shaft on the next downstroke of the piston. The movement of the piston is so repeated as to produce practically a continuous rotation of the driven shaft, and the movement of the driven shaft is regulated by the balance-wheels, so as to effect a smooth continuous movement.

' In the present instance provision is made.

for turning'the driven axle or shaft by means of handles 81, attached to the hollow shaft or rod 82, connected with'an upright 83, suitably securedto the cover k. This rotation of the engine is permitted by means of the screw-threads on the pot or cylinder j engagmade as herein shown and comprising aA pawl or arm 95, pivoted at 96 to the outside of a two-part case 97, inclosingsaid rotatable member and having a l'inger 98 extended through a slot in said case and into the path of movement of the contact-points 93 94.

-pivoted in the upperl en i of a r Thelinger 955 is held in yielding engagement with the contactfpoints yby a spring 90;

'llhe shaft 91 has tast on it a ratchetvvheel 100, which is engaged by a avvl 101,

tended down through the Water pot or cylinder y' and connected to the long arm o1 an elbow-lever 103, .pivoted at 104C tothe outside of the casin and having its short arm 105 provided Wit a stud crproj-ect-ion 100., extended through a slot in the casi-ng kand into engagement with the cam a2. l

By reference to Fig. 0' it will be seen that the ratchet-Wheel 100 is rotated by the upward movement of the paw-l 101, eected by the cam lt2 operati-ng on the elbow-lever, and that a Contact arm or spoke 02 is moved past the -contact-iinger 98 tor each revolution ot the shaft 30. lt will be seen that as the arm or spoke 92 is moved past the contact iinger 98 the circuit including these parts is complfeted and opened twice substantially in an instant, thus causing a spark to be twice formed in rapid sequence Within the cylinder abetvveen the terminals or points 200 207I show-n in 1-, and consequently insuring explosion ott-he charge Within the cylinder.

ln Lractice the Contact member or navel 95 an the rotatable member 00N are included in circuit with the l rimary et an induction-coil, and the terminas 206 207 are included in the secondary oi' said coil in a manner well understood, but not herein shown.

through the toothed segment 57 turning the elborvdever 5a on its pivot, so as to move the -sliding blocks 51 toward or from the center of the oscillating lever 4:5, according to the f speed at which the vehicle is'to be driven.

,By reference to lrig. a it will be seen that v1 en the pin 52 is concentric with the shalts i @oscillation of the lever a5 will not produce movement of the connecting-rod Ica, and consequently the vehicle will remain stationary While the engine continues to run. Ey move ing the pin 52 off from the center d8 motion is lmparted to the link 0d, and the shalt j" is set in motion With a maximum 'power and slow speed when the lnin 5.2 is adjacent to the center i8 and with a maximum speed and diminished power vviththe pin 52 at the end oi its movement away from the center 558.

'the muer 70 may be made as herein shown and consists oi a box or casing having perforated side walls and a curved or snailseason like intermediate Wall, which latter is also provided With perorations, and on its inner surface said curved Wall may beprovided With corrugation-s or projections 122, (see Fig. 4,) which act to retard the passage of the exhaust through the muier and direct it through the periorations in the curved Wall of the said muffler. l

The Weight of the Water in the Water c linder acts to steady the vehicle in its trave and to reduce the jar or vibration and inrt'her increases the traction of the iront Wheels. lt is noted that in the construction herein shown the driving mechanism for the shaft is never on a dead-center.

'lhe Water cylinder or pot y' is recessed on its under side to form part ofthe engine-cylinder, as shown in Fig. 0l, and the said pot and engine-cylinder are secured together by suitable screws or lbolts 1:00, extended .through suitable bosses VLl01 on the outside oi oi' the Water-pot and engine-cylinder, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

l claim- 1. The combination with an engine or motor, ot a shaft to be driven thereby, mechanism connecting said engine with said shaft., andcomprising an oscillating lever, means tor engaging said shaft, and a link o-r rod connected with said means, and mechanism connecting said link with said lever and having provision for moving the link concentric with the pivot for said lever, and :means to effect movement of the said mechanism toward. and from the pivot tor said .oscillating lever, substantially as described.

2. The combination with an engine or motor, of a' shaft to be driven thereby, mechanism connecting said engine with said shaft, and comprising an oscillating lever, means for engaging said shalt, and a link or rod connecting sai-d means and said lever, and means to effect movement ofi the link toward and from the pivot for said oscillating lever, said means comprising a link, an elbow-lever provided with a toothed segment7 a rack-bar in engagement with said segment, and means to reciprocate said rack-bar, substantially as described.

3. rl`he combination with an engine comprising acylinder provided with ports near its opposite ends and having an openingintermediate said ports, aiston provided with heads at its opposite en s and with a toothed portion intermediate said heads, an oscillating lever having a toothed segment in engagement with the toothed portion of said piston, a shaft to be driven, and means connecting said oscillating lever with said shaft', substantially as described.

d. 'The combination with an engine comprisin a cylinder having an opernng, a piston provided with a toothed portion, an oscillating lever having a toothed Vsegment in engagement the toothed portion of said piston, a shaft to bedriven, means connectlng saidoscillating lever with said shaft, and means to vary .the effect of the oscillation of said lever on said shaft, substantially as described.

5. The combination with an' engine or motor comprising a cylinder, a piston reciprocating therein, an oscillating lever opera tively connected with said'piston, a balancewheel, a link connecting sald lever` with said balance-wheel, a shaft, a link having one end operatively connected with said shaft and its other end in slidin engagement with said oscillating lever, an means to move said link on said lever toward and from the center or pivot of the same, substantially as described.

.6. The combination with a shaft to be driven, of an engine or motor comprising a cylinder and a piston reciprocating therein, and mechanism connected with the exterior of .said iston intermediate'of its endsand `with sai vshaft to 4be driven for transmitting the motion of said piston to the said driven shaft said mechanism having provision for varying the speed of rotation of said shaft, substantially as described.

n 7. The combination with an engine or moltor. comprising a cylinder and a piston, of an oscillating lever connected with said piston, 'a

shaft to be driven, mechanism fory connecting said oscillating lever with said shaft and movably engaged with said oscillating lever, and means for -moving said connecting mechanism-toward and away from the center of said oscillating lever, substantially as described.

8. The combination with an engine or motor comprising acylinder and a piston, of an oscillating lever connected with said piston, a shaft to 'be driven, mechanism for connecting said oscillating lever with said shaft and movably engaged with said oscillatinglever, and means for moving said connecting mechanism toward and away from the center of said oscillating lever, said means comprising an elbow-lever provided with a toothed seg lated thereby, balance wheels or disks, a.

crank-pin loosely inserted into holes in said balance-wheels, and a link or crank rod connecting said pin with said oscillating device or lever, substantially as described.

10. The combination with an engine or motor, of a shaft to be driven thereby, a ratchet-wheel fast on said shaft, a push-pawl engaging said ratchet-wheel, a holding-pawl in engagement with said ratchet-wheel, and means for connecting said push-pawl with said engine, substantially as described.

11. The combination with an engine or motor' comprising a cylinder provided with an inletort at one end and with a water pot ior cylin er at the opposite end which forms a head for said cylinder and is provided with an inletort for said cylinder, a piston in said cylin er, a gas-simply pipe extended through said water-pot an communicating with the opposite ends of saidy cylinder through said.

ports, a valve controlling the admission of gas into said supply-pipe, and a valve controlling the admission of gas fromsaid supplyfpipe into one end of said cylinder, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof l have `signed my name to this speciication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses;

. LUlS GUDDU. Witnesses: I

. das. H. v.Cnnnonintn J. MURPHY. 

